Friday Question #39: What are your favorite spooky reads? 😱

bookishfirst_team · October 9, 2020, 4:10pm

Happy Friday, BookishFirst Readers!

It’s officially Halloween season! We want to know:

What are your favorite spooky reads? These could be mystery, horror, paranormal, etc.

samanthabooks19 · October 9, 2020, 4:57pm

My favorite spooky genre is thrillers, specifically psychological thrillers. Some good ones are Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelids, The Companion by Katie Alender, and The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

sasha · October 9, 2020, 5:07pm

Anything Stephen King…then again I’ll read King all year!

imabibliophile · October 9, 2020, 8:32pm

I love paranormal and horror, like Stephen King and Dean Koontz! Also love stories like Haunting of Hill House and Rosemary’s Baby! Bring on the scary!

cyireadbooks · October 9, 2020, 9:14pm

I know that I got scared reading the Exorcist, Pet Sematary, and Salem’s Lot. I haven’t been as scared since then.

fireformed · October 9, 2020, 9:25pm

I don’t read a whole lot of horror or spooky stuff, but I will say Devil in the White City was pretty dang creepy and a really good bit of history.

fireformed · October 9, 2020, 9:26pm

I loved the Companion! That was a really good psychological thriller.

gotbookcitement · October 9, 2020, 9:36pm

Dawn Kurtagich does some great does some great creepy horror. I’ve only read And the Trees Crept In so far, but that book was pretty messed up, and I’m definitely going to read her other books. I’m trying to think of anything else scary I’ve read that’s stuck with me, but I’m drawing a blank.

breana_m · October 10, 2020, 3:54am

A few books come to mind: Mexican Gothic, The Forgotten Girl, and Dead Voices.

infairverona · October 10, 2020, 12:47pm

The Shadows by Alex North is definitely my most recent favorite spooky read but an old one that comes immediately to mind too with all the Stephen King mentions is The Dark Half. So gory, so creepy, so gooood.

kdmcwilley · October 10, 2020, 5:51pm

I tend to like gothic reads like “We Have Always Lived in a Castle”, psychological/mystery thrillers like “And Then There Were None”, but I also like more traditional horror books like “NOS4A2”.

I love this time of year!

pattywood586 · October 12, 2020, 12:31pm

Frankenstein is 100% my favorite but I also love Stephen King novels for October, his writing style is just so up my alley.

pureader · October 12, 2020, 6:43pm

I love the Pine Deep Trilogy by Jonathan Maberry. I like to put the audio book on like a soundtrack, especially in October.

mimibooks · October 12, 2020, 7:06pm

I’ll go recent instead of classic & say both The Companion and Horrid were great spooky reads. The Cousins was great, too, but it had more of a summery feel.

cowolter · October 15, 2020, 5:56am

The October Country by Ray Bradbury. It’s several short stories it’s a quick read but a good read. The stories aren’t blood and gore if that’s what you are looking for though.

debbiedoesbooks · October 15, 2020, 12:04pm

I didn’t dig that one too much but I did like The Dead House.

jessicaann2010 · October 15, 2020, 7:47pm

The Shining is one of my all-time favorites. The Broken Girls was great too. I’m a sucker for anything with a ghost or haunted house.

lmarsh1203 · October 16, 2020, 12:51am

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

booksteacupnreviews · October 16, 2020, 6:11am

Psychological thrillers and haunted house books

https_michelle · October 16, 2020, 9:19am

My favorite spooky reads this year are “In The Dark” by Loreth Anne White, & “I’m Thinking Of Ending Things” by Iain Reid! An all time favorite would be The Woman in Black by Susan Hill! The movie adaptation was pretty good but the book was definitely not one you’d wanna read in the dark.